Skull base or cervical vertebral osteomyelitis following chemoradiotherapy for pharyngeal carcinoma: A serious but treatable complication
Osteomyelitis, infection of the bone and marrow, following high dose (chemo-)radiotherapy for head and neck cancer is uncommon and rarely seen in the cervical spine or temporal bone. Due to its proximity to critical structures, osteomyelitis in the latter regions could carry potentially important co...
Main Authors: | Nafisha Lalani, Shao Hui Huang, Coleman Rotstein, Eugene Yu, Jonathan Irish, Brian O'Sullivan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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Series: | Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240563081730085X |
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